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Mood Disorders and Depression, 2007.
This paper looks at numerous studies on mood disorders and depression.
1,134 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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The paper examines a study on why adverse life events result in depression only in some individuals, a study on whether genetics has any association with the onset of depression following stressful life events, and a study on the treatment of major depressive disorders. The paper also discusses studies on the topics of bipolar disorder and recovery time from adverse life events, the variables that affect depression, recurring depression and finally, circadian rhythms and their affect on the mental processes of human beings.
Outline:
Introduction
Life Events and Depression
Stressful Life Events and Major Depression
Treatment of Major Depressive Disorders
Bipolar Disorder and Depression
Variables of Depression
Recurring Depression
Alcohol and Anxiety
Circadian Rhythms
Conclusion
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"The researchers studied individuals that had suffered from depression after a significant life event and those that had not. It was determined that the impact of adverse life events on people is dependent on two factors. First, that the event be associated with "adverse interpersonal events" rather than "adverse achievement events". Adverse interpersonal events are related to death of a close family member, while adverse achievement events as associated to accomplishments in life. The authors also found that cognitive personality characteristics were a significant factor in the individual's likelihood of developing depression because of the thought processes that altered the outlook of the individual."
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The Diagnosis of Mood Disorders, 2001.
A discussion of bi-polar and depressive disorders, their symptoms and treatment.
1,120 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 5 sources, $ 38.95
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This paper discusses how important the proper diagnosis of a patient's mood disorder is for finding the proper treatment. Disorders covered include: major depressive disorder, dysthymic disorder, cyclothymic, bi-polar I, and bi-polar II. The author shows how the disorders are broken down into domains and indicates the symptoms for each and how they should be treated.
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"Bi-polar disorder affects approximately 2.3 million American adults or about 1.2 percent of the U.S. population age 18 and older (Reiger, 1993). Men and women are equally likely to develop bi-polar disorder. The average age of onset for bi-polar disorders is in the early twenties (American Psychiatric Association, 1994). Bi-polar disorders include cyclothymic, bi-polar I, and bi-polar II. Distinction of the actual disorder can sometimes become difficult, therefore, it is crucial to look at all the symptoms the patient is experiencing."
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Mood and Anxiety Disorders, 2003.
The following paper describes mental illnesses according to the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV).
1,175 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 6 sources, $ 40.95
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This essay examines the differences and similarities between mood and anxiety disorders. It provides us with definitions and symptoms of these disorders, causes, diagnosis, and treatment. This paper also looks at the impact of mood disorders on society.
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?A bipolar patient can also experience a mixed episode, which is characterized by cycles of depression and mania occurring in the same day. A hypo-manic episode is defined by a period of persistent mood elevation or irritability that last at least four days, but this condition is not as severe and may not result in social or occupational dysfunction.?
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Suicide and Depressive Disorders, 2002.
This paper establishes a link between suicide and depressive disorders by focusing on the mental condition of a person suffering from some form of depression.
2,540 words (approx. 10.2 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 76.95
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The following paper examines the reasons why many psychologists link suicide with depressive disorders. The writer asserts that suicide takes place only when the person has lost interest in life and death seems to be the only option left, and this is exactly how a person in a state of depression may feel. Thus this paper explores 60 percent of suicide cases, where the factors that played the most influential roles were depression and mood disorders.
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"Suicide is 11th leading cause of death in the United States and this is the reason why studying the possible causes has become even more important now than ever before. It is important to note that suicide is linked with depression in many cases and in this paper we shall try to establish this particular connection. National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey revealed that close to 80 American take their own life everyday and some 1900 visit emergency units because of attempted suicide. It is believed that no one actually plans suicide, it happens when the problems become greater than the resources available for overcoming them. But taking one?s own life is no easy task and therefore there is bound to be some psychological factors influencing the final decision. We can establish the link clearly once we study depressive disorders in detail.?
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Major Depressive Disorder, 2005.
A case study of a young woman with major depressive disorder.
920 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 31.95
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This paper presents a case study of a female adolescent with Major Depressive Disorder with Mood Congruent Psychoses. The paper diagnoses the problem according to DSM-IV criteria. Then the paper describes cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) as being the most likely therapy to be effective in this case.
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"Major Depressive Disorder is a prevalent familial and recurrent condition and often continues into adulthood in an episodic manner. In the case history considered here, it is noted that the patient's mother has had a..."
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Depression and Anti-Depressants, 2006.
An analysis of the condition of depression and its treatments.
1,879 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 60.95
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This paper discusses the condition of depression and the possible causes of its development. It analyzes techniques used for treating depression, such as electroconvulsive therapy, as well as drugs prescribed for depression, such as mirtazapine, vanlafaxine and duloxetine.
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" Electroconvulsive therapy applies shock to cause a seizure (FamilyDoc.org, 2005). The seizure releases many chemicals in the brain, called neurotransmitters, which deliver information or messages from one brain cell to another. This makes the brain cells work better and the person's mood will improve when brain cells and chemical messengers work better. In applying the therapy, the doctor first conducts a physical examination of the patient. If he or she is fit, an anesthesiologist applies anesthesia to put the patient in a sleep-like state. The anesthesiologist examines the heart and lungs of the patient or decides if some blood tests or an electrocardiogram will be needed before undertaking the first ECT treatment (FamilyDoc)."
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Adolescent Depression, 2005.
This paper discusses that depression is often overlooked in children and adolescents because they are not always capable of expressing their feelings, and sometimes the symptoms of mood disorders take on different forms in children than in adults.
925 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 32.95
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This paper explains that it is the responsibility of the parents, teachers, physicians, and those who interact with the adolescent on a daily basis to help diagnose depression. The author points out that, although symptoms of adolescent depression are often masked, adolescents may express boredom instead of sadness; they may engage in risky behaviors, or they may exhibit other psychological problems, such as anxiety, eating disorders, hyperactivity, substance abuse, and suicide. The paper relates that, for many adolescents, symptoms of depression are directly related to low self-esteem stemming from increased emphasis on peer popularity; and, for other adolescents, depression may arise from ineffective family relationships, including decreased family support and perceived rejection by parents.
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"Depression is a disease that affects the human psyche. Adults with depression tend to act and react abnormally toward themselves and others. It comes as no surprise that adolescent depression is strongly linked to teen suicide. Adolescent suicide is responsible for more deaths in teenagers 15 to 19 years of age than cardiovascular disease or cancer. Yet, despite this increased suicide rate, many physicians misdiagnose adolescent depression. This misdiagnosis leads to serious difficulties for the adolescent in school and work."
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Adolescent Depression and Suicide, 2005.
A discussion of various forms of teenage depression and resulting suicide.
4,878 words (approx. 19.5 pages), 16 sources, MLA, $ 124.95
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This paper examines why it is important to look at the problem of adolescent depression and suicide from the perspective of the different kinds of disorders that cause it. The writer claims that there is a need to study the ways that these disorders can be managed so that the depression can be reduced and the risk of suicide lessened. In order to do that, the paper examines major depressive disorder, dysthymic disorder, and bipolar disorder. It also includes a literature review that deals with treatment, including various approaches that are being used or have been used in the past to treat depression and the risk of suicide in the adolescent population. Suicide also has a section devoted to it, dealing with the various risk factors and why adolescents choose to take their own lives. Prevention is also discussed, and the usefulness of the research findings are dealt with and tied into the recommendations that will have to be made for the future of this issue.
Introduction
Types of Mood Disorders
Major Depressive Disorder
Risk Factors in Major Depression
Dysthymic Disorder
Bipolar Disorder
Literature Review - Treatment of Mood Disorders
Validity and Reliability of Studies
Psychodynamic Approaches
Behavioral Approaches
Biological Approaches
Antidepressant Drugs
Drug Treatment for Bipolar Disorder
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Depression
Suicide
Why do Children and Adolescents Commit Suicide?
Who Commits Suicide?
Risk Factors for Suicide
How can Children/Adolescent Suicide be Prevented?
Usefulness in the Field of Social Work
How Useful are the Research Findings?
How Will These Findings Make a Difference for Practitioners?
Conclusion and Recommendations for Future Research
Works Cited
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"The different types of mood disorders are one of the most important things that should be discussed. These various mood disorders can all lead to depression. However, since depression can be caused by several things, it is vital that there is an understanding about the mood disorders, what they are, and what they mean for treatment options where adolescents are concerned. The first type of mood disorder is major depressive disorder. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is widely utilized to determine whether an individual may have major depressive disorder, and whether they have experienced a major depressive episode. An episode such as this can be indicated by various things, but generally it must have at least five of the following characteristics for two weeks or more: depressed mood; loss of interest or pleasure; significant weight or appetite change; insomnia or hypersomnia; psychomotor agitation or retardation; fatigue or loss of energy; feelings of inappropriate guilt or worthlessness; diminished ability to think or concentrate; and/or recurrent thoughts or death or suicide (Stanard, 2000)."
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Child Abuse and Depression in Latino Children, 2004.
This paper asks if there is a correlation between child abuse and childhood depression among Latino children.
16,891 words (approx. 67.6 pages), 85 sources, MLA, $ 249.95
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This thesis focus looks at the correlation between child abuse and childhood depression among Latino children, in terms of whether child abuse contributes to childhood depression. The thesis focuses on the Latino community that resides in California. This community is made up of first-generation immigrants and their families, who have been born in the United States. The thesis explores what child abuse is, how it can be measured, and also what depression is, the most likely causes for depression, and how depression can be measured. The factors that contribute to all of these conditions within the Latino community are also discussed in terms of what cultural factors are important in determining the levels of these conditions within the community, both internally (i.e., culturally) and externally (i.e., socio-politically). The links between abuse (intrafamilial and inter-racial) and depression are then explored, and conclusions are drawn regarding the factors that contribute to childhood depression in this racial group within the United States.
Introduction
Problem Statement
Significance
Purpose
Latino?s in the US: Characteristics and Diagnosed Mental Health Needs
Need for Mental Health Care
High-Need Populations
Availability of Mental Health Services
Access to Mental Health Services
Use of Mental Health Services
Appropriateness and Outcomes of Mental Health Services
Latino?s in Society: Welfare and Minority Families
Legislative and Legal Advocacy of Latino Families
The Formalization of Informal Latino Family Supports
Child Abuse
What is Abuse?
Incidence of Child Abuse
Diagnosing Abuse
The Dimension of the Problem
Prevalence Studies
Rate of Child Abuse Increase
Potential Long-Term Effects of Abuse
Depression
Scope of the Problem
Clinical Characteristics
Risk Factors
What is Depression?
Depression in Children
Treatments for Childhood Depression
Latino?s and Depression: How is Depression Expressed?
Levels of Depression in the Latino Community
Risk Factors that May Contribute to Clinical Depression
Implications in the Latino Community
Single Parents
Lack of Resources
Discussion
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"The Latino community has it?s own deeply embedded cultural values and beliefs. Obedience is an important element for a family to be considered a good family (una buena familia). For the purpose of this study, the parents may be mother and father, or possible the grandparents, all of which will be addressed as the primary caregiver.
The Latino family defines discipline as a form of corporal punishment; the caretakers themselves may have been abused as children, and therefore consider corporal punishment an acceptable way to hand out discipline. Furthermore, it is difficult to get caretakers to see that when they discipline a child with corporal punishment, they are discharging their own anger on them, in many cases inflicting more pain and injury than was originally intended. The child then feels powerless and confused, and does not have labels for those feelings, and cannot verbalize what is happening to them, physically or emotionally."
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Depression: Effects on the Family, 2002.
This paper examines the cause and effect of bipolar disorder on the family.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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The paper describes the extensiveness of depression in America and lists the symptoms of the illness. It then explains the relationship between parents who suffer from depression and children with mood disorders. It also describes the symptoms that identifies a child with bipolar disorder.
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"In another book by Papolos, ?The Bipolar Child,? he says ?Our study sample showed that over 80% of the children who developed early-onset bipolar disorder had what is known as ?bilineal transmission? ? substance abuse and mood disorders appeared on both sides of their families? (Papolos 7). Research has found that positive parent-child relationships create a buffer for a child facing the daily stresses of life. There is evidence for both direct and indirect relations between paternal depression and behavioral problems in young children (Marchand 353)."
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Bipolar Disorder, 2005.
A summary of the current literature available on this mood disorder.
3,523 words (approx. 14.1 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 98.95
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Bipolar Disorder is a mood disorder, affecting around 2.5% of the American population. Although this illness has received a great deal of attention in recent years, most people are still not aware of true intricacies of the disorder and the majority of the population remains uneducated, suffering from a tendency to oversimplify the symptoms. Bipolar Disorder is an extremely serious, potentially lethal, biological disorder, accounting for symptoms well beyond that of escalating mood swings. This paper presents a summary of the current literature on Bipolar Disorder, compiled from various sources, including actual case studies. Symptoms, treatment options, incidence and prevalence rates, course, history, etiology and demographic variables are included in the paper.
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"There is significant symptom reduction between episodes, but 25% of patients continue to display mood instability or mild depression. As many as 60% of patients experience chronic interpersonal or occupational difficulties between acute episodes. Bipolar I Disorder may develop psychotic symptoms. The psychotic symptoms in Bipolar I Disorder only occur during severe manic, mixed, or depressive episodes. Poor recovery is more common after psychosis. Manic episodes usually begin abruptly and last for between 2 weeks and 4-5 months (median duration about 4 months). Depressive episodes tend to last longer (median length about 6 months), though rarely for more than a year, except in the elderly."
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Bipolar Disorder, 2003.
This paper discusses bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive disorder (MDD).
1,090 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 38.95
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This paper explains that bipolar disorder is characterized by mood swings from the manic phase when the patient experiences euphoria, excessive energy, aggressive behavior, hyper-sexuality and poor judgment to the depression phase when the patient experiences feelings of worthlessness, loss of interest, guilt and suicidal thoughts. The author points out that medication is the first line of defense in treating bipolar disorder; traditionally, lithium was the drug of choice for bipolar patients, but today many drugs are valuable in managing symptoms. The paper relates that medications are tested for their efficacy through clinical trials in which patients receive free care and free medication for extended periods.
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Symptomology
Diagnosis
Treatment Options
Research
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"MDD is thought to be caused by chemical imbalances in the brain. Neurotransmitters act as messengers to our neurons, or nerve cells. Because there is no biological test for this disorder, a physician cannot access risk or diagnose patients easily. Human genome studies have yet to discover a specific gene which causes this disorder, but those who suffer from this illness generally have relatives with some form of depression, showing a clear genetic link."
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Depression, 2005.
Discusses the mental health problem of depression, including a look at how serious it is, the two categories of depression and its symptoms.
2,612 words (approx. 10.4 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 78.95
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This paper examines the emotional state of depression, explaining that it is a major health problem worldwide. The paper looks at the number of people affected by depression, what can happen to people suffering from depression when they don't receive help, the two main types of depression recognized by the medical community, typical symptoms of depression and how depression can impact the lives of its victims. The paper also describes how depression can be distinguished from healthy forms of sadness or grief and then describes some of the approaches that have been taken in order to learn why depression manifests itself in certain people and not in others. Finally, the paper discusses what has been learned in terms of the forms and symptoms of depression, its risk factors and treatment methods.
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"Fundamentally, depression is merely a form of mental disorder that disturbs an individual's "mood." Naturally, people tend to experience moods as positions on a spectrum of particular underlying emotions. Human moods "range from severe depression through mild depression, normal sadness, everyday moods, mild mania, and euphoria." Sadness, of course, is extremely common and relatively healthy as a part of ordinary human life; depression however--sometimes called major depression, or clinical depression--is deep, debilitating, despondency, which typically lasts for long periods of time. This type of mood, also, tends to significantly interfere with the individual's social, familial, or work-related life. In this way, clinical depression is distinct from the common meaning associated with the word "depression": people who are medically depressed cannot climb out of the pits of sadness quickly, and have difficulty functioning in their day to day lives."
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Bipolar Disorder, 2002.
An examination into the disorder known as bipolar disorder or manic depression, looking at the symptoms and treatment.
4,954 words (approx. 19.8 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 125.95
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This paper begins by introducing the concept of manic depression. It then discusses the suspected causes of bipolar disorder and its symptoms. The symptoms include highs and lows, mood swings and hypomania. The paper then addresses the phenomena of bipolar adolescents and discusses thought errors in bipolar disorder. The paper also examines the various forms of bipolar, ways in which it is diagnosed and different types of treatment.
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"Bipolar Disorder generally sets in during adolescence or early adulthood though it may also occur late in one?s life or during childhood. It results in terrible mood swings ranging from mania and euphoria to depression and suicidal tendencies. The earlier a person is diagnosed with bipolar disorder the better. Medication is available for bipolar disorder, which helps control the mood swings and even treats the condition. Diagnosis of bipolar disorders can be done only by specialized psychiatrists and is done according to the criteria established by the American Psychiatric Association in the Diagnostic and Statistic Manual of Mental Disorders."
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Women and Depression: Worldwide Epidemic, 2004.
An examination of the epidemiology of women's depression, with a contention that the depression women experience is caused by their devalued place within a patriarchal society.
3,204 words (approx. 12.8 pages), 31 sources, MLA, $ 92.95
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This paper outlines the historic association between women and depression and highlights society's proclivity to believe women are more susceptible to mental illness due to their hormones. It argues, however, that women are more likely than men to experience depression and mental illness due to their social and political stance within society; that is, women are more likely to be depressed because, in a patriarchal society, they have "more to be depressed about". It covers physical and sexual violence, gendered economics, family 'responsibilities' of women, and the gendered implications of female embodiment.
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Women and Mental Illness: From Hysteria to Depression
The View from the Bottom Rung of the Gender Hierarchy
Physical and Sexual Violence
Cultural Implications of Female Embodiment on Economic (In)Dependence
Family Caring Responsibilities
Damned if They Do and Damned if They Don?t: the Feminine Gender Role
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"The connection between women and mental illness is a long and, in many ways, inseparable one. Historically, in our cultural myths, it is women who are ?mad? or drive men to ?madness? ? spinsters, crones, and witches are all depicted as slightly mad, while the Furies and the oceanic Sirens are supposed harbingers of madness. Let us not forget either that it was the first woman, Eve, who brought both literal and symbolic madness, in the form of disharmony and evil, to ?man?kind. The extensive medical history between women and mental illness begins in recorded history, not surprisingly, as intricately bound up with that which defines them as ?other? ? their biology. Four thousand years ago the Egyptian ?Kahun Papyrus? associated female distress with the ?dislocation... of the uterus.? Fifteen hundred years later, Hippocrates described the female disease ?hysteron? caused by an organic imbalance of the womb, and thus the female ?hysteric? was born. By the seventeenth century C.E., dominant medical discourse had relocated the site of women?s mental illness from the womb to the brain, and hysteria became a disease of the mind."
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